Entity Sources

2,936 links between entities and the sources that attest them, with evidence type and passage-level notes. The primary evidence layer: every entity classification traces to at least one record here.

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{'description': 'e.g. Direct attestation, Secondary analysis, Epigraphic, Numismatic'}
source_note
{'description': 'Specific passage citations and notes on how this source attests the entity'}

13 rows where source_id = "SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV"

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ENT_ADONIS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Adonis ENT_ADONIS Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 97-100: the Adonis cult as the Greek reception of the Dumuzi/Tammuz dying-and-rising deity tradition, transmitted via Phoenician mediation through Cyprus; the name "Adonis" itself from Phoenician adon ("lord"); primary scholarly documentation of this transmission
ENT_APHRODITE,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Aphrodite ENT_APHRODITE Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 97-100: Aphrodite as the primary Greek reception of the Mesopotamian Inanna/Ishtar and Phoenician Astarte; the orientalizing context of the Cypriot Aphrodite cult; the "oriental" features that distinguish Aphrodite from typical Olympic goddesses
ENT_HERACLES,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Heracles ENT_HERACLES Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 76-90: Heracles as the primary Greek hero who shows structural parallels with Gilgamesh; the lion-skin, the divine companion (Iolaus parallel to Enkidu), the Labors as monster-slaying, the quest for immortality; Burkert is cautious about direct transmission but documents the contact
ENT_HTT_KUMARBI,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Kumarbi ENT_HTT_KUMARBI Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 18-22: Kumarbi as the Hurrian prototype for Kronos; the Hittite Kumarbi cycle (Song of Kumarbi) as the near-eastern tradition behind the Hesiodic succession myth; key evidence for the transmission via Anatolian-Greek contact
ENT_HTT_TESHUB,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Teshub ENT_HTT_TESHUB Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 22-29: Teshub the Hurrian storm deity as a prototype for Zeus in the succession narrative context; the Teshub-Kumarbi conflict as a structural template for the Zeus-Kronos conflict
ENT_HTT_ULLIKUMMI,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Ullikummi ENT_HTT_ULLIKUMMI Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 29-34: Ullikummi (the stone giant created by Kumarbi to fight Teshub) as the Hurrian prototype for the Greek Typhon; the narrative of the defeated god creating a monster for revenge
ENT_KRONOS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Kronos ENT_KRONOS Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 18-22: Kronos as the Greek reception of Kumarbi (Hurrian) and the "succession myth" pattern; the castration-by-son narrative links the Hurrian Theogony to Hesiod's Theogony via the Hittite-Mycenaean contact zone; a centerpiece of Burkert's argument
ENT_MES_ENKI_EA,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Enki/Ea ENT_MES_ENKI_EA Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 84-87: the Enki/Ea-as-divine-benefactor pattern and its structural parallel with Prometheus; both defy divine authority to preserve humanity; Burkert notes the comparison while acknowledging no direct transmission is documented
ENT_MES_GILGAMESH,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Gilgamesh ENT_MES_GILGAMESH Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 76-90: Gilgamesh as a structural parallel to Heracles; the two-thirds divine / one-third human hero with a divine companion, monster-slaying labors, and a quest for immortality; Burkert documents the ways Gilgamesh material entered Greek heroic tradition via the Orientalizing period
ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Inanna/Ishtar ENT_MES_INANNA_ISHTAR Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 97-100: the transmission of the Inanna/Ishtar tradition into the Greek Aphrodite figure via Cypriot and Phoenician mediation; the shared Queen of Heaven / Venus star / love-war combination; the Adonis cult as the Dumuzi/Tammuz reception in Cyprus
ENT_PROMETHEUS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Prometheus ENT_PROMETHEUS Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 84-87: Prometheus as a possible Greek reception of the Mesopotamian divine-benefactor archetype; the structural parallel with Enki/Ea who warns humanity against the divine assembly's decree
ENT_TYPHON,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Typhon ENT_TYPHON Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 29-34: Typhon as the Greek reception of both Ullikummi (Hurrian) and Tiamat (Babylonian); the "great monster created to fight the champion" narrative pattern; the Syrian connection of Typhon's myth (located near Cilicia in Greek tradition)
ENT_ZEUS,SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV,scholarly attestation Zeus ENT_ZEUS Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age (Harvard University Press, 1992) SRC_BURKERT_ORIENT_REV scholarly attestation Burkert (1992) pp. 22-29: Zeus as the victorious storm deity who defeats the monster after the divine succession; the Teshub/Zeus and Marduk/Zeus parallels; the "storm-deity fights monster" pattern transmitted from Mesopotamia and Anatolia into Greek mythology

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CREATE TABLE "entity_sources" (
   [entity_id] TEXT REFERENCES [entities]([entity_id]),
   [source_id] TEXT REFERENCES [sources]([source_id]),
   [evidence_type] TEXT,
   [source_note] TEXT,
   PRIMARY KEY ([entity_id], [source_id], [evidence_type])
);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_source_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([source_id]);
CREATE INDEX [idx_entity_sources_entity_id]
    ON [entity_sources] ([entity_id]);